Enisa Nikaj (Singer) Lifestyle, Biography, Career, Boyfriend, Hobbies, Facts & Newworth ||Showbiz Tv
Enisa Nikaj (born March 5, 1996), known professionally as Enisa (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and songwriter. She began her music career in 2015 performing cover songs and began releasing original music in 2016. She signed to Atlantic Records and Highbridge The Label in December 2019, and competed in the American Song Contest in March 2022.
Early life
Enisa Nikaj was born in Brooklyn, New York to Albanian parents from Tuzi, Montenegro. Her father emigrated from the SFR Yugoslavia to the United States at the age of 25, and was later followed by her mother. Enisa is a middle child, and has an older and a younger brother, both of whom took up playing basketball while Enisa leaned towards music. She began singing at home as a young child. Enisa attended PS 130 The Parkside elementary school, where she participated in theater and the school choir, graduating as valedictorian. At age seven, she played the role of Dorothy in a school play of The Wizard of Oz in the fourth grade.
Enisa attended I.S. 259 William McKinley Junior High School and Edward R. Murrow High School, graduating in 2015. Rapper Joey Badass was one of her schoolmates. She attended Brooklyn College, graduating early with a bachelor's degree in business administration in May 2018. She plays the piano, and has done internships at advertising agencies. Enisa grew up listening to Albanian music, in addition to artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone and Justin Timberlake. She has cited Adele and Amy Winehouse as her inspirations.
Musical career
2015-2017: Beginnings
In 2015, Enisa began performing cover songs to artists such as David Guetta and Sia ("Titanium"), Hozier ("Take Me to Church"), Justin Timberlake ("Cry Me a River") and Adele ("Hello"). After graduating from high school she had wanted to get into the music industry, and filmed her first video with a photographer friend who wanted to get into videography. Her cover of Hozier's song hit 100,000 views on KZfaq within three months, while a reupload posted by a Facebook page amassed one million views in three days. Enisa has stated in interviews that her lack of connections in the industry prompted her to post herself performing cover songs as a way to showcase her talent and she hoped that it would grab the attention of a music producer or a manager.
2020-2021: Breakout singles
In 2020, she released her seventh single "Love Cycle" and its music video on September 18. After it went viral and gained particular attention among Nigerian fans, she adopted the name 'Eniola' in their honor in December 2020. Enisa released her eighth single "Dumb Boy" and its music video on November 20. She recorded the song at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic which forced her to become proficient with video editing and Ableton audio software. Enisa styled her own hair and makeup, and recorded, edited and color corrected all her video releases that year. Both music videos went on to amass 12 millions views each on KZfaq within a year from their respective releases.
In 2021, she was featured on Tanzanian singer Rayvanny's "Number One (Remix)" released on February 1, with the music video releasing on February 24. Enisa released her ninth single "Count My Blessings" and its music video on February 26. The song sampled Tunisian singer Saber Rebaï's rendition of "Sidi Mansour." Enisa released her single "Love Cycle (Remix)" featuring Nigerian singer Davido on March 26. She released her tenth solo single "Tears Hit The Ground" and its music video on July 4, which went on to serve as the lead single for her debut EP released in 2022. A live acoustic version of the song was released on October 28, 2021.
2022-present: Fake Love EP
In 2022, Enisa released her debut EP titled Fake Love on February 18. The music video for "One Thing" was released on January 28 and for "Get That Money" was released on February 18. On March 3, Enisa was announced as one of the contestants to compete in the American Song Contest, representing New York state. On October 14, she stated in a tweet that she was supposed to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, shortly after the country's broadcaster announced that it would not be participating.
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